RECONSTRUCTION, featuring n+1's symposium on American Literature; Philip Connors on life at the Wall Street Journal; Mark Greif's "Afternoon of the Sex Children"; Benjamin Kunkel's "The Novel"; Keith Gessen's "Money"; Elif Batuman's "Short Story"; Gregoire Bouillier's "The Mystery Guest." Chad Harbach on global warming.

n+1, Chad Harbach, Daniel Alarcón, Andrew Ellner, Johannes Türk, Mark Greif, Elif Batuman, Stephen Burt, Caleb Crain, Rodrigo Fresán, Keith Gessen, Vivian Gornick, Gerald Howard, Benjamin Kunkel, Marco Roth, Philip Connors, Meline Toumani, Grégoire Bouillier, Mark Greif, John Haskell, Ilya Kliger, Rebecca Schiff, Misha Hoekstra, Marco Roth, J. D. Daniels